Global Insider: Why Energy Terrorism is Nothing New and Hard to Stop

The EditorsTuesday, Feb. 5, 2013

In mid-January, militants raided Algeria’s In Amenas gas field, sparking a crisis that ended with the deaths of at least 37 hostages. Anne Korin, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, an energy security research organization, explained in an email interview why the oil and gas industry is an attractive target for terrorists.

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